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ZARA ALEKSANDROVNA LEVINA

Piano Concerto No. 1

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I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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Solo: Maria Lettberg Soloist

Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Orchestra

Conductor: Ariane Matiakh Conductor

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Notes

Zara Alexandrovna Levina, born 1906 in Alexandrovsk (Ukraine), witnessed two world wars, the Revolution as well as the collapse and totalitarian reconstruction of her homeland. She was under the constant ideological pressure of the existentially threatening state censorship, which was particularly exerted by the notorious RAPM (Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians) in the 1920s and 1930s, driving her to the brink of a creative and health disaster. However, Zara Levina was able to retain her own and unmistakable voice in her music. She died in Moscow on 1976 as a respected and much-performed composer beloved of musicians such as David Oistrakh, Maria Grinberg, Victor Knuschewitzki and the public alike. Vocal works like her romances meanwhile belong to the salient repertoire of Russian music. Pianist Maria Lettberg breathes life into these world premiere recordings.

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Reviews

ICMA Concerto Category Nominee

2018 International Classical Music Awards

"...Pianist Maria Lettburg handles all the challenges skillfully, with big technique, rich tone, and a generous sense of fantasy; the orchestra plays with lushness and abandon... This is surely one of the lst works in the Russian romantic tradition. For that reason alone it deserves to be heard.;"

Jack Sullivan - American record Guide - July/August 2017

Interpretation ****** Sound ***** Repertoire ******

Burkhard Schäfer - Piano News magazine (Germany) - July/August 2017

Album **** (Recommended) Sound 3/5

Nicolas Derny - Diapason magazine (France) - May 2017

Performance **** Recording *****

"...This is a really enjoyable recording, in excellent sound."

Rebecca Franks - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) - June 2017

Choc de Classica

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Stéphane Friédérich - Classica magazine (France) - May 2017

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